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The Cell (2000) New Line Cinema Tarsem Singh was known as the director of striking and award-winning commercials and music videos — notably, R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” — prior to his feature debut with “The Cell” in 2000. “The Cell” is about a psychologist (Jennifer Lopez) who has access to a device that allows her to project her consciousness into the minds of others. The device comes in handy when an apprehended serial killer (Vincent D’Onofrio) falls into a coma, and the cops need to locate one of his still-living kidnap victims....

How The Don’t Worry Darling Team Transformed Harry Styles For That Third Act Reveal New Line Cinemas By Lex Briscuso/Sept. 27, 2022 12:13 pm EST Note: This article contains spoilers for “Don’t Worry Darling” so proceed with caution. The big reveal of “Don’t Worry Darling” wouldn’t be the same without the hair and makeup team behind the moment. If you’ve seen the film already, you know that the Jack we meet at the beginning of the film — played by former One Direction member Harry Styles — is not quite the same guy we come to know by the time the third act starts to roll....

Lady Gaga Loved The Paradoxical Nature Of Working With Ridley Scott Universal Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Dec. 23, 2022 5:00 pm EST Lady Gaga took her “House of Gucci” role very seriously: the singer-actress spoke in an Italian accent for months, refusing to break character, and went above and beyond to bring Patrizia Reggiani to life. The actress disappeared into the role, sinking right in to bring to life one of the biggest scandals in fashion history....

Michael Myers Came From A Memory John Carpenter Could Never Forget Compass International Pictures By Miyako Pleines/Oct. 3, 2022 5:26 pm EST Whether it’s the pale, white face of a repurposed William Shatner mask or the familiarity of the baggy, blue mechanic jumpsuit, Michael Myers is undeniably recognizable as one of horror’s most iconic figures. The creation of mastermind John Carpenter, Michael first stalked into our hearts in the 1978 classic, “Halloween,” and he’s been terrorizing us with his eery silence and love of kitchen knives ever since....

Nope Editor Nicholas Monsour On Deleted Scenes, Avoiding The Obvious, And More [Spoiler Interview] Universal By Jack Giroux/July 27, 2022 5:02 pm EST Editor Nicholas Monsour should teach a class about “Nope.” He jokes that he gives long answers, but really, it’s more that he gives a tremendous amount of thought to what he’s doing. After speaking with the editor for almost an hour about his latest collaboration with filmmaker Jordan Peele, I still had endless questions about the film....

One Of Godzilla Vs Kong’s Best Shots Almost Ended Up On The Cutting Room Floor Warner Bros. Pictures By Marcos Melendez/Oct. 8, 2022 8:30 pm EST “Godzilla vs. Kong” may not be the most thought-provoking effort featuring the titular monsters, but the film more than delivers on its promised mayhem. The breathtaking battles between Godzilla and Kong elevate kaiju fighting to another level in the cinematic space. Directed by Adam Wingard, the filmmaker uses his horror genre prowess to shape the intense, jaw-dropping fights that pit the two pop culture juggernauts against each other....

One Of The Scariest Scenes In Dead Silence Crawls Into Darkness Universal Pictures By Matt Donato AND Chris Evangelista/Nov. 18, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato. In this edition, Matt rants about “Dead Silence” for the seventeen billionth time here on /Film.) James Wan and Leigh Whannell shaped an entire horror movement with their rise to fame “Saw,” and have since become contemporary mainstays both with collaborative and separate successes....

Prey Review: The Predator Series Heads Back In Time, Blending A Revisionist Western With A Bloody Monster Movie David Bukach By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 3, 2022 12:00 pm EST The “Predator” series is a strange beast. John McTiernan’s 1987 pic was a testosterone-filled gore-fest, starting off as an action-packed Arnold Schwarzenegger extravaganza before it suddenly turned into a scary monster movie. Ever since then, the franchise has been chasing the high of that first movie with so-so results....

Silent Comedy Star Harold Lloyd Had A Somewhat NSFW Hobby Wikimedia Commons By Lee Adams/Aug. 7, 2022 2:49 pm EST Before “Star Wars: A New Hope” became a permanent fixture in our family VHS recorder, I loved old silent movies as a little kid. Two of my earliest filmic memories are getting scared s***less by Lon Chaney’s ghastly face in “The Phantom of the Opera” and crying my eyes out because I thought Harold Lloyd would plunge to his death hanging from that clock in “Safety Last!...

Basic Lupine Urology Sony Pictures Television Season 3 introduces the too-soon departed character actor Michael K. Williams as the study group’s soft-spoken, philosophical ex-con biology professor. When the study group’s yam gets mysteriously destroyed, or “murdered” per Annie (Alison Brie), she insists they have the opportunity to find the killer to earn back their grade. This transforms the episode into a “Law & Order” homage, complete with opening credits and a musical theme to match....

The Best Musical Movie Moments Of 2022 DVV Entertainment By William Bibbiani/Dec. 23, 2022 5:00 pm EST Even in the early days of silent film, movies had music. Live performers or recordings would fill the air during those early motion pictures, and when synchronized dialogue finally came to the movies, the music came with it. Movies could supply their own soundtracks, and filmmakers began injecting their films with dance numbers, popular songs, and unforgettable new compositions to underscore the drama, play up the comedy, or make the audience leap out of their seats in terror....

The Crazies Never Reached The Scope George Romero Had Originally Hoped Cambist Films By Drew Tinnin/Oct. 22, 2022 7:00 pm EST George Romero is widely known as the director responsible for creating the idea of the modern zombie, thanks to the continuing cultural impact of 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead.” Arguably, he could also be credited for starting the trend of pandemic films with his 1973 military thriller “The Crazies....

Joel and Ellie head west As with much of the show’s marketing to date, “The Last of Us” trailer seems like it’ll please both longtime fans of the 2013 game and newcomers to the series. For the uninitiated, the trailer gives a bit more info about the premise: in a world overrun by zombie-like infected people, a man named Joel is headed west with Ellie, a kid who was bitten but showed no symptoms of illness....

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Season 2 Expands The Cast With Eight More Actors Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 7, 2022 12:04 pm EST Do you know what’s the only quest tougher than Frodo traveling all that way to cast the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom? Attempting to one-up the wildly successful first season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power....

How do you fight what you can’t see? Warner Bros. “The NeverEnding Story” presents the Nothing as a raging storm, because film is a visual medium and “invisible force consuming all things” doesn’t exactly translate on screen. The storm visual is perfect because it captures the demoralizing inevitability of its power. Those who inhabit the world of Fantasia seem generally happy and cheerful but eventually realize they are unable to live out their lives to the fullest, as the constant threat of the Nothing taking them away has cast a shadow over them all....

Viggo Mortensen Was Prepared For The Pain Of Eastern Promises’ Bathroom Fight Focus Features By Debopriyaa Dutta/Sept. 12, 2022 12:47 pm EST In David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises,” Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) exudes calm ruthlessness from the very first moment he’s introduced. Working as the family driver for a dangerous crime family in London, Nikolai acts as a personal bodyguard to Kirill (Vincent Cassel), the crime boss’ son. There are several memorable Nikolai scenes in Cronenberg’s frenetic gangster drama....

Violent Night’s David Harbour Was ‘Blown Away’ That Santa Was In His House [Exclusive] Universal Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 28, 2022 8:00 am EST You’ve seen Santa Claus stand as the epitome of seasonal goodwill in movies like “Miracle on 34th Street” and “The Christmas Chronicles.” You’ve even seen Santa as a foul-mouthed drunk with “Bad Santa.” But have you seen him stuff a grenade down someone’s pants and watch him go kaboom?...

Why The Mist’s Original Opening Scene Was Never Shot [Exclusive] Dimension Films By Anya Stanley/Nov. 22, 2022 9:30 am EST Ever since its release in 2007, Frank Darabont’s “The Mist” has divided audiences with its bleak, shocking ending. Without going into spoilers, the final moments of the creature feature diverge from those of Stephen King’s 1980 novella in its feature-length adaptation, carrying the townsfolk of Bridgton, Maine into intensely grim territory....

A cast at odds Warner Bros. The screenwriters of “Red Planet,” Chuck Pfarrer and Jonathan Lemkin, largely fail their core characters with absent backstories, homogenous personalities, and generic voiceover captain logs that we’ve seen in every space movie. But the cast, which would normally bring plenty of talent to the table, does nothing to elevate the script either. Val Kilmer, who has delivered strong performances in some of the most beloved films of all time with 1986’s “Top Gunn” and 1995’s “Heat,” mostly phones in his role as Mechanical Engineer, Robby Gallagher, after it’s loosely established that he’s rebellious and flirty....

Year Of The Vampire: Guillermo Del Toro’s Cronos Reimagines Forever As A Gold Invention IMCINE By Joshua Meyer/July 16, 2022 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) Guillermo del Toro’s filmography and frequent collaboration with actor Ron Perlman began almost thirty years ago in an antique shop, where clocks are always ticking in the background and cockroaches come crawling out of the eye of an archangel statue....